Topic:God’s Wisdom I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power. 1 Corinthians 2:3-5 …
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Topics: Suffering Suffering as a Christian By Billy Graham October 5 Blessed is the man whom [the Lord] chasteneth . . . —Psalm 94:12 God sometimes allows Christians to suffer, in order that they might learn the secret of obedience. The Psalmist said, “Before I was afflicted, I went astray; …
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Topic:The Deciding Witness Kenneth Copeland In the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. Matthew 18:16 You’ve been there many times, standing in the valley of decision. Perched precariously between victory and defeat. On one side of you is the word of the world authored by …
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Topic:Strange Comfort Bible in a Year: Isaiah 20–22 Ephesians 6 Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see. 2 Kings 6:15–17 The verse on the card Lisa received didn’t seem to match her situation: “Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full …
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Topic:THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD EXPOSES YOUR PERFECTION John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” When I was a teenager, I heard preachers saying this: “Jesus …
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Topic:Not Many Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak …
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Topics: God, Worship Respect for Authority By Billy Graham October 4 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All [authority] is given unto me in heaven and in earth. —Matthew 28:18 Have respect for authority. Jesus Christ was under the authority of His Father in heaven . . . …
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Topic:Avoid Big Failures Kenneth Copeland This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the …
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Topic:Removing the Intruder Bible in a Year: Isaiah 17–19 Ephesians 5:17–33 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her. Ephesians 5:25–33 It wasn’t quite dawn when my husband rose from bed and went into the kitchen. I saw the light flip on …
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Topic:JESUS HAS GIVEN YOU HIS PEACE John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you… In Israel, Jews greet each other with the words “shalom, shalom.” Unlike the English word “peace,” “shalom” does not just mean …
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